The After Improv Podcast

She’s been away for too long, but Heather Drunknonymous of the After Improv Podcast made an appearance at this year’s Detroit Improv Festival, and she hasn’t lost a stumbling step. Check it out! * What is Heather Drunknonymous?

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The 2017 Detroit Improv Festival is in the books, and the After Improv Podcast crew is here to share their personal highlights. J.B. sits in with the band as the gang talks about their favorites sets and the afterparties. We also interview out-of-town troupes Lisa Frankly and Laffrican Americans about their DIF experience. All this and more:

* JB the champ

* Marc Evan afterglow

* YMCA kickoff

* John denied

* Jacokes everywhere

* Cash and Carry

* Lisa Frankly

* The Whistling Brothers

* MARS

* Laffrican Americans

* Maribreast Monroe

* Mama’s Boy

* Pretty Much Sisters

* Snooze Button

* Opening Night (the troupe)

* Afterparty

* Workshops

* Bottle of Red

* Preach!

* Elastic Time Cannon

* Bajillion Dollar Properties

* Seating sorrow

* Messing with a Friend

* Heather’s DIF’d out

* Merit Badge

* No Waiting

* Afterparty

* Favorite Jaclynn Cherry moments

* John apologizes

* Fact of the week

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Marc Evan Jackson, Detroit improvisor, actor and co-founder of the Detroit Creativity Project, visits the After Improv Podcast this week. Marc, in town for the Detroit Improv Festival, talks about his early life, working on a schooner after college, how he got into improv and why the DCP and Detroit are so close to his heart. Marc also reveals he hates puns, that he and Nick Offerman often compete for the same roles, and more. Check it out on iTunes! Also available on Stitcher and Google Play.

Colony Fest 2017 is in the books, and the After Improv Podcast is here to review it all — the high and the lows, the yes-ands and the denials, the meta and the maudlin, and so much more. J.B. sits in with the gang, we talk to the winners and their director-to-be and talk about our own experiences in the competition: * J.B. loves John * Day 1 * Day 2 * Day 3

* Day 4 * The Finals * Bad sets * There will be blood

* Fact of the week * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

In Part 2 of a two-part interview on the After Improv Podcast, improvisor Scotty Myers talks about his early comedy influences, immersing himself in improv and the gay scene in Michigan, meeting The Rock before he was The Rock, his improv teaching style, the perils of putting in a privacy fence, fostering a possum and so much more: Pronto

* Early influences * Corporate introduction * Self-doubt * Scotty blog * Mr. Myers * Mr. Marketing * Wrestling wrangler * The Broadway League * The heart of it all * Shakespeare in Royal Oak * Married life * A very brief engagement * Under the bus * Fence me in * Heron tracking * Possum parents * NEWSish * These dreams * It was written * Heather’s adventure * Fact of the week * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Improvisor Scotty Myers — or Scott as he’s known as at work — taught the After Improv Podcast’s capstone class at Go Comedy! Growing up in an evangelical christian household in a small town outside of Pittsburgh, he also spent the early part of his life running away from his sexuality. In the first of a two-part interview, Scotty talks about catching the performing bug and how his faith led him to Michigan and helped him to finally stop running: * Happy Birthday * Super sub * Bombing * Early exposure * Cat smash fever * Self discovery * House of Guys * No J.O. * Penn State * House of Guys Part II * Acceptable to be dead * God says it’s OK * Colony Fest kickoff * DIF * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Homemade Bangs — Halina Matt, Charlie Matt, Ellie Warner, Brendan McCarthy, Erica Vitkin and Jake Russell — visit the After Improv Podcast this week to talk about the form that helped them win the Versus long form tournament at Planet Ant. While plugging their current eight-week run at the Ant Hall on Thursday nights, the group reveals the origins of their Duran Duran-influenced name, confesses which members have been arrested (hint: the majority), we learn how many offspring the Matts actually have, Tony refers to Erica as Krista for some reason, two members reveal they don’t have middle names and so much more happens * Dubbed

* Versus * Milo lower * Halina’s story * Charlie likes to party * That’s a woman * Warner’s picture * Arresting questions * Brendan the clown * Charlie’s arrest * Erica/Krista’s odyssey * Charlie in motion

* Erica detained * Donut holes * Jake joins * The Farnsworth * Charlie’s Hovitch impression * Heather’s travels * John’s face * Reveiwpacalpyse Now * Jake and Jim watch wrasslin’ * Fact of the week * Junk food John * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Jen Hansen, this week’s guest on the After Improv Podcast, is a longtime improvisor and resident artist at Go Comedy!, a member of Human Amusements and co-stars in the upcoming Planet Ant student sketch show Maddie and Maggie’s Torture Circus. She’s also an example of why kindness counts and a big reason why this podcast exists at all. Tony explains why, then Jen talks about her journey to the stage, including how she never intended to be a performer, her mother pranking her and her brother at the cemetery every Halloween, working at haunted houses, sneaking into the former Second City training center in Novi for stealth rehearsals, why she took a break from improv and how improv made her a better writer. All this, and so much more: Kindness counts * Writing first * Comical beginnings

* Not the performing type * The cemetery prank

* Prank calls * College-go-round * One degree of Jen * Old haunts * Second City * Hayden’s hand * Make it real * First * Novi! * Kevin McDonald * What a character * Better writing through improv * Breakin’ * Fibromyalgia * Snapchat * Maddie and Maggie’s Torture Circus * Favorite sketch * Transmissions From The Darkside * Heather’s feelings * John’s face * Fact of the week * Farm Team * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

Jessica Loria and Tim Krzyczkowski are engaged and engaging as they visit the After Improv Podcast this week to promote their latest show, “Wet Hot American Bummer,” a sketch and comedic news show that examines life in a Trump-led America and debuts Thursday at Go Comedy! The two talk about how they got into improv, how Tim made Jessica cry when they first met, obliterating the line between work and home life, Jessica’s erotic stories about *NSYNC and the U.S. presidents, what goes into producing a political-themed show, and so much more: Wet Hot American Bummer * NEWSish * Shoutout challenge * In the days of Second City * Fan fiction * Drew University * Concentrated playwriting * Going into Go! * Ghostwriter

* Go! work * Potus Interruptus * Cry, baby * Stops and starts * Tim’s improv journey * Sketchy times * Superdeluxe * Motor City Improv * "I’m better than these assholes" * Rock dreams * NEWSish begets...

* Flak * Love and improv * Tim tells it * What We Remember * Do Bryan a solid * John got punched in the face * Fact of the week * Planet Ant Farm Team * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty

In Part 2 of a two-part interview, Joe regales the After Improv Podcast with more stories, like his life in the computer industry, jamming with Michael McDonald of the Doobie Brothers and getting beat up and guns pulled on him while working as a pool hustler. Joe also talks about quitting drinking for good seven years ago after a car accident and jail time made him confront a lifetime of imbibing that began when he was 11. All this and more: Texas bound * Newspaper man * Bank man * EDS * Michael Macdonald * Custodian * Guitar Center * Ambassador performance * Professional wino * Getting popped * Hustler * Oh yeah — improv * Standup * What’s next * Cautionary tale * Tini talk * Untrimmed Jim * Yar * Fact of the week * Co-opt of the week * Fact of the week * Comments or whatever: @tonyaugusty